Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Midnight Madness Week #9 (MMSC9)

The weekly
BONUS WINNER
for MMSC8 is
The bonus gift is just a LITTLE something to keep the excitement going throughout the month. Lisa please email me your info so I can send you your bonus gift :)

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Welcome!! I am so excited about our Guest Designer spot! So be sure to check that out below and show us what you have this month. Ok, remember, you have till Midnight EST 7-7-09 to get your MMSC8 entries in for last weeks sketch. One winner will be drawn for our weekly BONUS GIFT give a way Wednesday, so check back for that. If you miss the deadline, you are still welcome to leave a comment with your url so we can still check out your work.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE AWARD
Each week we awarding a special Badge Award to one person for their outstanding sketch submission. If you would like to be considered for this award, please make sure your card link is posted to Mr. Linky by Sunday of each week. This is our way of let you know how wonderfully talented you are and how much we appreciate you sharing your craft with us. This week we are proud to say the“MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE” Gold Star Award goes to.....


KathyJ (Wattle)
Enjoy your award and please display it proudly!
(if you would like the blinkie code, just email me ;)
Sketch Challenge Star Award MMM





MM DESIGN TEAM AWARD
This week the MMDT has nominated this person for the “Midnight Madness Tecnical Wiz Award" She is always so knowledgeable about computer issues. It seems as if she is the first to offer up a helping hand and walk you through the ever changing and confusing computer world. Thank you for being out "Computer Smarts" Girl. Not only is she a Wiz at the computer, she is a Wiz at card making. Be sure to stop by and check out all that she has going on over at her blog. She has recently announced some very exciting things and Just opened up her new Online Store.


This week we would like to honor.....

Sue
Stop by and check out her Blog and NEW STORE!
Thank you for all your help and for being our Tec WIZ Gal!!
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GUEST DESIGNER CALL
The Midnight Madness Design Team is on a SEARCH!!! We are looking for our very first “Guest Designer Diva”

Is it YOU? If you are chosen as our first "Midnight Madness Guest Designing Diva" here is what will happen…..
1. You will be working side by side with our design team for one full month and be submitting one sample card per week for our Midnight Madness sketch Challenges.
2. Reap all the benefits and sponsor perks of being on the team for that month.
3. You will get to display and keep a custom“Midnight Madness Guest Designer Diva” badge for your blog.


NOTE: We welcome EVERYONE to play and a blog is NOT required to be on our design team.
We are currently seeking a Diva(or Dude) for the month of Aug. Here is what you need to do if you are interested.

1. Leave us a comment below stating that you are interested

2. Enter as many MM challenges in July as you can.

3. take note of what we are looking for….
CONSISTENCE WITH WEEKLY ENTRIES
QUALITY WORKMANSHIP
CREATIVITY
AND A TOUCH OF MADNESS (we are a fun group ;)

We will be judging the cards submitted for the weekly challenges in July. We will announce our very first Diva (or Dude) on July 29th.

JULY GRAND PRIZES and
OUR VERY FIRST SPONSORSHIP..




This month are sponsor is..
“Lindy’s Stamp Gang”


Did I mention that they donated hundreds of dollars of products for our team to try out. We are just loving getting pampered by them. This week I used The "Starburst Stain"in "Hydrangea Blue" on my card. If you enlarge my Mermaid card and look at the embossed swirl back ground paper, I have just lightly stained the raised embossed part of it. Take a close look at how pretty the shimmer of the Hydrangea Blue just sparkles. They have such a huge verity of Stain and Spray colors you can view them HERE!! I invite you all to check out their wonderful line of products and be sure to tell them the “Midnight Madness” sent you. They even have fabulous videos Here! And if you get a chance you should really check out their GALLERY. I promise you will not be disappointed in their fantastic Stains, Powders, Glitz Spritz, Inks and two-toned Embossing Powders, just to name a few. Along with “Lindy’s Stamp Gangs” awesome donation, I have thrown in some Stampin Up products to sweeten the pot even MORE for you :)



Drawing #1





From “Lindy’s Stamp Gang”
1 pack of (3) Filigrees vintage style Keys
1 Moon Glow Blazing Copper Pigment Powder
1 Moon Glow Angel Wings Sapphire Embossing Powder
1 Moon Glow Tiger Lily Red Orange Starburst Spray
1 Moon Glow Frosted Forget Me Nots Starburst Stain
1 Moon Glow Bluebeard Blue Violet Moon Shadow Mist
1 Fern sample direction card

From Priscilla’s "Stampin Up"store
1 Soft Subtles Brad Set (200 count)
2 Anywhere Glue Sticks
1 Snail Adhesive refill
1 Stampin Dimensionals pack (300 count)
1 pack of Whisper White Medium Envelopes
1 Polka Dots & Paisley Stamp Set of 6


From kc242 Designs by Denise
“Challenge Blog Candy”??? Oh Yeah!!
It is a double bonus for our players this month.. Our team member Denise has so generously offered up some challenge blog candy as well this month. For every entry to the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenges this month, you will go in the drawing for the GRAND PRIZE Month end awards. As an added BONUS…if you "FOLLOW" Denise’s blog and leave her a comment, you will get an EXTRA entry in the month end drawing, so hop on over to Denise’s blog, stay a spell, post a comment and be sure to click the follow button.
Check our her“Challenge Blog Candy” below!!


Drawing #2



Denise's Candy includes:
1 48pg. 12x12 Cardstock stack Debbie Mumm Travel
1 87 Sheet Cardstock Border Punch Strips Brights
1 New Birthday Stamps Happen Large Wooden mounted stamp
1 Home Sweet Home Accordian Book Kit by KC& Company
4 stickles
Grand prize entries will last MMSC8-MMSC12 and the winners will be drawn on Aug 5th


WAIT…WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE MAD MONEY YET!! click HERE for all the details. Our first side bar name was drawn and it was Stef H. Unfortunately she missed her window to post a comment. Stay tuned for the next name to be drawn. Names are drawn randomly, on random days, for random amounts….nothing like keeping you in suspense!!! :)




NOW TO OUR WEEK 9 SKETCH CHALLENGE!!



Here is Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge Week #9


(MMSC9)


ENJOY THE MMDT EXAMPLE CARDS BELOW



Charlotte - Designs From Within



Sue - McMahon Five Designs

Phyllis - SparklePlenty1000



Shawne - Paper Art from Studio 313




Jessica - solocosmo




Jane - The Paper Affair



Jeni - Jeni's Custom Cards



Denise - kc242 Designs by Denise



Chris - Twinkles Glow with Stamps



Michelle - Daydreams by Michelle


Priscilla - "priscillastyles"


Carolyn - Creative Card Corner


Kimmie - kimmie kaye's designs


YOUR REMINDERS!!!....




1. You need to be a “FOLLOWER”
2.
The “Midnight Madness LOGO BADGE/LINK” should be displayed on your blog

3. Your card post needs to have a Hyperlink back to this blog.

4. Tag with MMSC9 when uploading to galleries.

5. Only ONE entry per person per week please
6. Enter your project to Mr. Linky below

7. Leave a Comment below.
8.
***Read the General Rules**


IT'S THAT EASY!!

Note: if for any reason, Mr. Linky is not displayed directly below, please just add your link address for your project when you comment. If Mr. Linky is not here when you are, you could also check back again in a little while.

MMCS9 ENTRY DEADLINE JULY 14th MIDNIGHT EST
When you add your name to Mr. Linky, some how add an initial or make your name distinguished..(ie Lisa A. or Lisa B.) this will be very helpful with the more frequently used names so we can differentiate the players for our Mad Money Drawings.

Midnight Madness Participants
1. LOZ
2. Liz Williams
3. Spyder
4. peggy elms
5. Craftypagan
6. Lisa V
7. Karen Wallace
8. Anna Fiebelkorn
9. Suzi
10. Dorothy S.
11. Sandee
12. Sharon Lougheed
13. Denise
14. Lovely Linda
15. Terry
16. martha velasco
17. Stef H
18. BarbieP
19. Barbara
20. Darlene (akronstamperdpk)
21. Carol
22. Connie
23. CherylWalker
24. CarolH (Gingerbeary8)
25. Myran
26. Cheryl ~ CherCroppin
27. Valarie Florer
28. Linda B
29. pam124
30. Kelly
31. Lorelie Kim
32. Grace
33. Dawn Knight
34. KathyJ (Wattle)
35. Nunt
36. Lisa Somerville
37. Patti J.
38. Terri Snode - Split Coast Stampers
39. Rosemary D
40. scrapperjulia
41. Sue Drees
42. Chris V
43. susan
44. Lynne in NI
45. sassy
46. silvana
47. Sunshine
48. flati
49. Angie Easter
50. TamiDolphin
51. Denise Clark
52. Mindy Kamholz
53. Sandy
54. anne2411
55. ~michelle~
56. Valerie
57. maureen vollaro
58. Kathy M
59. missbliss
60. DebbieF
61. Jessica G.
62. iReneM
63. Cabio
64. Patty Penn
65. Lisa T
66. Charlene Merrick
67. Brandi
68. anitacorsten
69. Vicki (basement stamper)
70. Rosanne
71. SMK

Learn more about Midnight Madness here.

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Mr. Linky was having issues. I added the last few names before closing.. sorry about that.

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge Week #9 (MMSC9) is NOW CLOSED. You are still welcome to leave a comment with your url so we can still see your work. We look forward to it and to your future projects. Week #10 is under way.. So stay up late or get up early and come play with us :)

42 comments:

  1. OH MY GOSH!!! Thank you so much for this honour!!!!!

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  2. Congratulations KathyJ! Great work!

    LOL! I'm so honored to be given the Coomputer Smarts award! My husband will be so proud of me! I would help you ladies anytime with your computer dilemmas! Thank you so much, Priscilla! You are a TRUE sweetheart!!! I thoroughly ENJOY being a part of this awesome team of talent!

    Speaking of which...great cards again this week ladies! I so enjoy seeing your creations every Tuesday Morning! Starts my day of right!

    Have a great day!

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  3. KathyJ congrats on your well deserved award...your card is gorgeous!
    Savvy Sue....congrats to you too...what would we do without your techi knowledge!!! Thanks for all your help!
    Ladies, once again we have some amazing creations...you all inspire me so much!
    Hugs,
    Charlotte

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  4. Oh...am I early? I'm usually late! I've had a go at challenge 9 and you'll find it over on
    Spyder's Corner

    ((Lyn))

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  5. Another great sketch, great job on the cards DT

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  6. Gorgeous cards and lots of inspiration. Thanks so much, I just posted mine.

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  7. Great Sketch and the DT cards are just an inspiration, so glad I found your blog, I love it. Left my entry in the care of Mr Linky.
    Suzi xx

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  8. Congratulations KathyJ - your cards are great so it iw well deserved.

    Now Sue, She is great on the computer, gotta love it she is so helpful and giving!!

    Great cards gals. I know we got some fires burning - now go and submit those cards!

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  9. I really enjoy your sketches and super examples. I am going on a little trip - when I get back I need to check out your rules in more detail. I do not have a blog so am not sure I am eligible.

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  10. Fantastic sketch and gorgeous creations! Ya'll are all so talented!

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  11. Hello Ladies - love your cards - as usual!! I am happy to have my card finished for this week - loved the sketch for this week - dare I say it was slightly LESS complex BUT just as stunning!!! LOL! Here is my card:
    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1406806?cat=500&ppuser=179849

    Thanks for having me!

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  12. hello!this is my challenge # 9,
    http://mlvp-todoloquemegusta.blogspot.com/2009/07/mmsc-9-y-mojo-monday-94.html

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  13. Here's my card for this week http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1407202?cat=500&ppuser=154452. I've tried to post several times and keep getting kicked out for some reason. I really love working with your sketches and creating.

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  14. Congrats Kathy and Sue! WHOO hoo for me getting a bonus prize - how exciting! Beautiful DT samples for this weeks sketch!

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  15. Great sketch!! Here's mine: http://valspaperobsession.blogspot.com/2009/07/christmas-in-july-snowman-wt226-mmsc9.html

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  16. This is the first time visiting your blog...it is AWESOME! You have really got a group of very talented ladies on your DT. Here is my entry for Sketch Challenge #9...This is a first for me, I hope I'm doing it right

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  17. Big congrats to my sister ODBDGD!!!! So well deserved Kathy!!! Congrats to all the winners! Gorgeous samples ladies... OMgoodness!!!!

    Priscilla I goofed with Mr Linky... it was pre-filled in so I thought it was going to my blog but it went to last week's card so I did it again to this week's card... can you delete my first one please? Thank you!!! All that showed up in the box was the blog addy but I guess it continued on out of the box. LOL... I definitely don't qualify for the techo award!!! Hehehe!

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  18. I loved the design teams cards for this week, as usual! I posted mine!

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  19. I'm finally trying your challenge. I hope I followed your directions correctly.
    There are so many gorgeous creations here that I am always blown away when I look around.

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  20. Wow...awesome blog candy. Congraulations on the huge milestone! Your blog Rocks...keep up the great work!

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  21. brill dt cars as allways all so unique and scrummy im under the weather so im late but have linked it for you to have a gander lol!! you will find my HERES MY CARD

    hugs assy

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  22. oooooops soz about the dt cars lol!!!! it should be cards...and my signature oh dear!!!! im not assy im sassy whooops.......told you i wasnt well...hehheh hugs sassyxxxx

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  23. Gorgeous DT cards and great sketch! (I flipped the sketch in mine)
    Lynne
    :D

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  24. Great cards from the DT. Posted my card with Mr. Linky yesterday. I finally became a follower today! Enjoy doing your sketches.

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  25. Great sketch this week gals!! Here is the link to my card just in case Mr. L is going wacky!!

    http://sunshinespaperobsession.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-patrick-police-car-mmsc9.html

    Hugz

    Sunshine:)

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  26. I would love the opportunity to be a guest DT member. My blog is here

    http://teamgingerbread.blogspot.com/

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  27. Hi, Here is my card for the week(MMSC9). I hope you like it. This was a really fun sketch!
    http://minkadinkado.blogspot.com/2009/07/fun-mmsc9.html
    Thanks,
    Mindy

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  28. Hallo Ladies from the DT - Team
    You have a very nice challenge ,and so mutch nice Ideas .

    Sorry but my english is not so good .

    Here is my card
    glg anne

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  29. Hallo Ladies from the DT - Team
    You have a very nice challenge ,and so mutch nice Ideas .

    Sorry but my english is not so good .

    Here is my card

    http://anne2411.blogspot.com/2009/07/lila.html
    glg anne

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  30. thanks for another fun sketch!

    http://inspirationblooms.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-get-together.html

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  31. Hi MMSC I got my card up, Last time I missed a step so I hope I got it all this time :)

    http://naniwale.blogspot.com/2009/07/baby-cakes.html

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  32. Boy, I think I barely made the deadline!!!! This was a great sketch, and I think I'll do more cards using this sketch. Thanks for providing great inspiration! Patty

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  33. We have until today (Tuesday, July 14) to post our entry, right? Please let me know if I am wrong. In any event, I thought this was a cool sketch design. Thank you!

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  34. I've had some fun catching up with the challenges and I've posted a card for this sketch too!! I would love to be considered for a guest DT spot!! :)

    Here is my card. Thanks for having a look!

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  35. I enjoyed this challenge--my card may be too late to enter, but I wanted to include it anyway!

    Here is my card

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  36. Well, I missed the deadline, but here's my card anyways...
    {here}

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  38. I couldn't beleive it. I thought I entered my card yesterday and just found out that I forgot :o(

    here is my card!

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  39. Hi Cabio's :) Mr. Linky was having issues..you were there, just could not view it. I am entering the ones that could not enter yesterday because Mr. Linky was MIA and then I am going to close it for the week. thank you :)

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  40. As I'm a little late, but still wanted to share my card with you!!!
    Thanks for a wonderful sketch.
    Here's my card

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  41. Hi ladies! Just playing catch up on a sketch I missed. Thanks for the inspiration!Cat’s Creation

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